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The PRIDE OF PLACE 40 PAGES SATURDAY, JULY 21, 2018 GREATER HAMILTON $1.80 inc GST Page 10 SWITCHED ON Black spot finally clear at Mirranatwa NATALIE MCGREGOR MIRRANATWA residents rejoiced on Wednesday at the long-awaited community launch of a Telstra 4GX mobile base station. Wannon MP, Dan Tehan celebrated the milestone alongside Southern Grampians Shire Council (SGSC) mayor, Mary-Ann Brown, Telstra area manager, Steve Tinker and community engagement specialist, Marcus Swinburne, and a group of residents set to benefi t from the service upgrade. Mr Tehan sung the community’s praises for their strong advocacy for the tower, which goes back to 2006 following the Mt Lubra bushfi res. Surrounded on three sides by the Grampians National Park, Mirranatwa residents were without mobile communications for a week while the fi re raged around them; saved only by a wind change at a critical time. Mirranatwa residents, Robin Adams and Iris Field, met with Senator Helen Coonan (then Minister for Communications) at parliament house following the fi res, under the then Mobile Connect Program. The meeting was successful in that Ms Coonan declared “something has to be done” to provide coverage to the area, but soon after the government went into caretaker mode and the proposal lapsed under the Labor Government that followed. Robin’s husband, Mirranatwa farmer, Peter Adams, spoke at the community event, highlighting the more than 1250 petitions that had been signed as part of the push for communications, by locals and visiting tourists from every state in the country. “On behalf of the community I’d like to say thank you very much, particularly to Dan and the shire and Telstra, for the support you’ve now provided, and a huge thanks to every member of the community who put their heart and soul into this, particularly Robin and Iris who have gone above and beyond,” Mr Adams said. He congratulated the government on what he labelled a successful Victorian Mobile Black Spot Project (VMBSP), which has now seen 11 base stations of 16 in Wannon under rounds one and two. Other activated towers in Wannon include Culla, Digby, Landsborough West, Moonambel, Muntham, Myamyn, Nareen, Pigeon Ponds, Portland West, and Victoria Valley. Continued Page: 3 This is brilliant news for our local communities, farmers, business and visitors to the region. Wannon MP, Dan Tehan MIRRANATWA residents join Wannon MP, Dan Tehan (third left), Southern Grampians Shire Council mayor, Mary-Ann Brown (centre) and Telstra area manager, Steve Tinker (right) to celebrate the launch of Telstra’s mobile base station this week. Photo: BILLY EASSON. SHEEPVENTION HAMILTON VICTORIA A unique combination of events August 6 & 7, 2018 Don’t miss the Spectator’s huge colour program/supplement on Saturday, July 28 or the last minute update on Saturday, August 4. To advertise: 5572 1011 specads@spec.com.au 180718bj018 SGG10SVP